[Dovecot] Not understanding namespaces

[Stewart Dean]

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> Maybe your main confusion comes from Thunderbird's settings. It has almost nothing to do with Dovecot's namespaces. 
Golly!  <mutter muttermutter>

> The namespace configuration in TB is mostly a workaround for some servers.
>
> I guess you've read http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces?
>   
Again and again until I have a flat spot on my forehead from banging my 
head against the wall.  What's there is perfectly understandable as far 
as it goes, but I'm having trouble with the larger context, things like:
- How does a user (or client automagic) select or access among multiple 
namespaces?
- Can they select more than one namespace, can they select from a 
hierachy, ex, could I have a mbox namespace first and if it's not found, 
fall down the hierarchy to a Maildir namespace

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